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Fears about the UK's expanding pensions blackhole are just "scaremongering", an economist claims.

THE pensions ombudsman is urging the government to cut pension legislation.

SWITZERLAND -Over half of Swiss pension plans are still calculating their liabilities to pensioners higher than necessary and the majority have no intention of changing it, according to a new survey conducted by Hewitt Associates.

TRUSTEE champion Brian Holden has hit back at claims that the move towards multi-asset classes will force schemes to hire investment specialists.

RETIREMENT will soon become "extinct" in its current form, GE Life claims.

VOLUNTARY private pensions coupled with the existing state system are "not fit for purpose", Pensions Commission chairman Lord Turner warns.

FIREFIGHTERS have decided not to strike over government reforms to its pension scheme.

Trustees are being given more time to decide whether schemes need to be operate under new cross-border rules.

THE IMMINENT publication of the responsible investment principles used by the world's largest pension schemes will be the most significant development in this area "for years", experts claim.

FORMER Prudential Group finance director Les Cullen and former Mercer HR Consulting chief executive David Barford have been appointed trustees of the £35bn BT pension scheme.